Clawing its way out of Prison City, USA, and into the ranks of Chicago's early 90's noise rock scene, big'n helped to define a sound and attitude that still resonates today.
Defiantly working class, far too menacing for their own good and usually half-pissed on malt liquor, the boys of big'n--Will Akins, Todd Johnson, Mike Chartrand and Brian Wnukowski--shared the stage with the likes of Mule, Tar and Dazzling Killmen, put out a handful of brutal releases on labels like Skin Graft and Gasoline Boost and disbanded before most music fans had a chance to take notice.
Put on their LP, Discipline Through Sound, today and the music still sounds lean and mean...no small achievement for a band from a true shithole like Joliet, Illinois
I don't like the "NU-METAL" direction you guys have taken. When I saw those pictures of todd with the lip ring, wearing the camouflage lakers jersey I was like WTF?
6/23/08 (9:00pm; Free!) Swayze's Birthday Extravaganza featuring: Big'n Haymarket Riot label: Stiff Slack , Divot, Thick Cougars label: Go Kart Runner plus a very special cover set by Swayze's All-Star Band
new gossip/rumors about big'n: *i heard todd lectured will about leaving his bear traps laying around the practice space *wnukowski was in lincoln way for 9 years he was 24 when he graduated no shit way we always called him "Greico"
like richard greico from 21 jump street
some weird older dude, likely a cop
*I heard also that todd said mike stoled his playboys
i brought my mp3 player to the gym and I went up to the personal trainer and made him listen to CHINESE JET PILOT and I said can you please make my body as taut and angular as this guitar riff
